Senior Specialist Safety Engineer

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000

Job description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title – Senior Specialist Safety Engineer

Job Location – Bristol, UK

Job ID – 22301

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK: From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide. L3Harris in Bristol/Burgess Hill/Barrow provides warship automation systems through control and simulation solutions that are in service on Albion Class Landing Platform Docks and Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers. More systems are being developed and delivered for Type 26 and Type 31 Frigates.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Hybrid working where possible – please note, the business expectation is to be onsite 60% over a one-month period.
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve:

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Responsible to the Engineering Safety Manager for support in the design, implementation and governance of Safety and Environmental Management Systems and the promotion of a safety culture relevant to design and delivery of systems. Specifically, supporting in the management of Safety Engineering resource and monitoring this to develop and maintain a fit for purpose safety engineering capability for the business.
• Deliver safety engineering leadership to project teams in the technical domain, including leading the construction of credible safety cases and ensuring robust safety engineering quantitative and qualitative analysis has been scoped and carried out to required standards, in order to underpin such safety cases.
• Undertake safety engineering tasks and analysis, provide in depth knowledge of safety regulations and standards including their application to marine automation systems.
• Lead and direct other subordinate safety professionals.
• Support the design and implementation of improvements to processes, systems or products.
• In addition to these responsibilities, carry out such other duties as may be reasonably required.

What you’ll bring:

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. (In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience).
• Strong knowledge of safety management; be considered as a specialist within discipline.
• Experience of Hazard Management and Risk Assessment including the principles of ALARP and Tolerability.
• Knowledge and experience in Def Stan 00-056 and 00-055
• Experience to regulations and standards e.g., IEC 61508
• Knowledge/understanding/ experience of project management.
• Confident in both software and hardware development environments.
• Knowledge of marine systems engineering would be beneficial but not essential.

Important to know:

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and offers equal opportunities for all. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.